Amazon is reportedly planning a bigger, better Echo smart speaker
- by Pat Wise
- in Hi-Tech
- — Jul 17, 2019
Bloomberg also notes there's a chance Amazon doesn't move forward with the launch of the new speaker. The device is being called "Vesta" internally, and the company is said to have ramped up work on the project in recent months. Both Vesta and this high-end Echo speaker are said to be in development at Lab126, Amazon's research and development house. The organization's equipment invasion keeps clients connected to its biological system - purchasing items from Amazon.com and utilizing administrations like Prime Video and Prime Music. Although Echo rules the market and is speculated to capture 63% of the us market this year, according to eMarketer, it has lost some ground to rivals which deliver better audio quality.
The current Echo and Echo Plus now sit between cheap, yet small smart speakers like its own Echo Dot, and the Google Home Mini, and larger, more expensive models like Apple's HomePod, the Google Home Max, and the Sonos One. Google has done quite well for itself with a market share of 31 percent. Apple's HomePod hasn't sold as well as Cupertino had hoped, recently prompting the company to lower its price. Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon is building a new Echo that will offer premium sound.
Amazon is planning to introduce improved quality speakers and is also moving fast towards its work on the home robot. The Echo range will likewise get minor updates this fall, individuals acquainted with the plans said.
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Amazon originally meant to reveal the robot, known internally as "Vesta", as early as this year, but the machine isn't ready to be mass-produced, the people said.
According to those sources, Vesta is a robot on wheels that can be controlled by Alexa voice commands.
The arrangement for Vesta was obviously to discharge it this year; however it's not yet very prepared for large scale manufacturing, as indicated by Bloomberg's sources. Rumors suggest it will be a kind of "mobile Alexa" that will be able to follow users around their homes. In an interior showing, an architect brought the machine with his voice.